Hello, everyone! Here is the next chapter! Please, please, please review!!!! I didn't get any reviews last time and I really want to know what you think...

Anyway, there are probably about 3-4 more chapters of this story... I plan on updating a few more times over the weekend, so stay tuned! :)

Also, I decided to finally switch from script form to story form... let me know which you like better!

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Laurel

Haley rushes through the doors of Tree Hill Memorial to find Nathan pacing the waiting area. Hurriedly, she makes her way over to him to break the trance that he seems to be in. Franticly, she questions him, "What's going on? How is he? What are they doing?" All Nathan can do is shake his head with tears streaming down his face. She tries to find the right words to comfort him, but all that comes out is, "Nate…". He folds her into his arms and squeezes her tightly. Now, she too has silent tears soaking into her cheeks.

Victoria is walking in Downtown Tree Hill. She can't figure out if she is excited or disappointed about her plans being rearranged. Talking into her phone, she explains, "There was no wedding… I don't know what happened… I wasn't there… Jake said the kid got sick or something… Yeah, well they didn't get married… but, Dan, how are we going to get rid of him for good?"

Peyton, Lucas, Sawyer, Brooke, Julian, Sam and Kayla have joined Nathan and Haley in the waiting room. Haley and Nathan are holding on to each other tightly. Neither one can believe that this is all happening again. After everything finally started settling down, they thought that everything was going to be okay again.

"How long has it been?" Haley asks quietly, more to herself than anyone else.

"A couple hours," Nathan replies in nothing more than a whisper.

"Nate?"

"Yeah, baby…"

"What if he isn't okay? What if this time nothing is okay?"

"He is going to be okay."

"But, what if he isn't?"

"He's going to be okay, Hales. I promise, everything is going to be okay… And, if it's not… then, we'll figure it out when the time comes… we are going to get through this together, Hales."

Just then, the doctor enters the waiting room.

"I'm looking for the parents of Jamie Scott," she announces.

Nathan and Haley dart up from the chairs they were sitting in. "Mr. and Mrs. Scott, please follow me," The calm older woman encourages. Nathan and Haley follow the doctor around the corner for some privacy.

"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, I'm Dr. Chang," she starts, "I'll be taking care of Jamie for the rest of the weekend. Dr. Carson isn't on hospital service this weekend and I haven't been able to reach him so I am wondering if I can get some information from you."

"Of course…" Haley complies.

"How long ago was Jamie diagnosed with Crohn's?" Dr. Chang questions.

"Um… a few months ago…"

"Was it sudden?"

"Yes… very," Nathan replies.

"Did he have surgery?"

"Yeah. They removed some of his ileum after he was diagnosed. Dr. Carson said that everything went smoothly and he seemed to make a full recovery but the past few days he has had some problems."

"When you say 'problems' what do you mean?"

"His stomach has been hurting a lot and he can barely keep food down. He seemed okay this morning, but…" Haley pauses, thinking about Jamie.

"Mr. and Mrs. Scott, I think I may have found the cause of Jamie's recent problems. I did a CT scan and part of his small intestine is almost completely closed. There is a concentration of inflammation in one place that is making it so that no food can pass through. It has probably been building up for a long time and just went unnoticed. Most of the time, like in Jamie's case, patients don't even notice it until to opening gets too small."

"What does this mean? What can we do for him?"

"We can do routine surgery to fix the inflammation, and I would suggest reevaluating his medication list with Dr. Carson on Monday. I wanted to bring your attention to one other thing as well… With Crohn's disease patience, there are a variety of complications that can develop. One of these complications is primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC. PSC is usually found when patients have severe inflammation. The liver becomes scared and cannot function. Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Jamie's liver function tests are not even on the charts… Now, I ran some test to be sure, but I want to prepare you for the idea that PSC is very possible… And if not now, probably sometime in the future given the severity of his disease. I don't want to get into treatment until we know for sure, but I wanted to prepare you for the reality that this could be in your future. For now, I am planning on doing surgery to repair his small intestine this evening or tomorrow. I want to get that fixed as soon as we can get an OR available."

"Can we see him?" Nathan asks, barely able to form words.

"Yes. He is in room 5B. I sedated him for the CT scan and gave him some medicine for pain, but he should be waking up any minute."

"Thank you, Doctor."

"Of course. Please let me know if you have any questions."

Jake is pacing back and forth on the river court while talking on his phone. "What do you mean 'I don't get the money'?" he questions the person on the other line. "I held up my end of the deal. You told me that you didn't want the wedding to happen… it didn't happen. Victoria, you can't do this! I promised Jenny that we wouldn't move again. I REALLY need that money! Fine…" He hangs up to phone and treads over to his daughter who is sitting at a picnic table. "Come one, sweetie. It's time to go," he encourages.

"Where are we going?" the little girl questions.

"Away from Tree Hill…" He replies.

Nathan and Haley enter Jamie's room hand in hand, something they have become accustomed to over the past few months. Haley takes in a sharp breath at the sight of her baby boy lying helplessly in the hospital bed. Haley sits on the foot of Jamie's bed and Nathan pulls up a chair next to it.

"Hey, buddy…" Haley speaks in a barely audible whisper. "I love you, " she continues. Nathan rests his hand on her back, sensing that she needs some comfort, but unable to form the words to do so. "I love every part of you. This time, we are going to make absolutely sure that you get better for good." She scoots herself all the way onto the bed next to him and snuggles him close to her body as she begins singing their special song. The words of the song echo softy off of Haley's lips and into the room. "You are my sunshine…. My only sunshine…. You make me happy… when skies are grey… you'll never know dear, how much I love you…"

"Please don't take my sunshine away…" Jamie continues with his eyes still closed.

"Jamie?" Nathan questions, trying to confirm that his son had woken up.

Jamie peals his eyes open and sends a forced smile to his parents. To Haley and Nathan, he still looks sickly and weak. But, even a stranger could notice the huge burden that had been lifted from the shoulders of the couple.

Everyone is sitting in the waiting room of the hospital. Nobody has heard from Nathan and Haley since they disappeared through the doors of Jamie's room.

"Somebody should call Jake," Peyton breaks the silence, "I haven't heard from him since before the wedding."

Peyton hands Sawyer off to Lucas, fishes her phone out of her bag and holds her phone up to the window to get reception.

"No service." Peyton comments and leaves the hospital to sit outside where she can get a better signal.

Peyton plants herself on a bench just outside of the hospital doors and dials the number for her friend.

"Hello?" the voice on the other end of the line question.

"Hey, Jake… It's Peyton…"

"Hey…"

"So, I was just wondering if you knew about Jamie… He's in pretty bad shape…"

"Yeah, I heard…. Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Well, we are all just waiting at the hospital if you want to wait with us…"

"I'd love to, Peyton, but I can't"

"Oh… why not?"

"Um… I have to go away for a little while…"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean… I am leaving Tree Hill."

"Oh…"

"Look, Peyton, I wish I could explain, but I can't…. Goodbye, Peyton."

Peyton hears the line go dead as her hand trembles in shock of what she had just heard.

"Goodbye, Jake…"'

Haley is in the hospital bed with Jamie and Nathan has a chair pulled up beside them. They paged the doctor when Jamie woke up and they were waiting for her to return.

"How're you feeling, Buddy?" Haley whispers. Jamie nods his head "yes" and snuggles into his mom. Just then, the doctor emerges through the door.

"How are you guys holding up?" Dr. Chang question.

"Okay," Nathan responds.

"Well, I have an update for you guys want to talk to me out in the hall…."

"Sure," Haley complies, "We'll be back soon, Jimmy- Jam." She plants a kiss on his forehead and follows Nathan and the older woman out of the room.

"Well, lets start with the good news first. The good news is that I have an OR booked for tomorrow morning. Tomorrow, we should be able to repair his small intestine. If everything goes smoothly, his stomach should be back to normal in a few weeks."

"Ok…" Haley vocalizes to show the woman that she is indeed paying attention.

"The bad news is that Jamie's test results came back and they don't look good. It looks like Jamie is positive for PSC."

"What do we need to do? How can we treat it?" Nathan questions.

"With PSC that is as severe as Jamie's, there aren't many medications that will help it… The first thing I am going to do is put Jamie on the transplant list… Once the surgery for his GI problems is complete, we can talk with Dr. Carson about how to best manage PSC while Jamie is on the wait list. I'll leave you two alone, so that you can spend time with Jamie before the surgery. Please have the nurse page me if you have any questions at all."

The woman shakes Nathan's had and leaves. Haley feels her knees buckle just as the doctor is out of sight and she leans on Nathan for support. Sensing Haley's uneasyness, Nathan pulls Haley into a tight sqeez. For the first time, the reality that nothing may ever be okay again hits both of them. he kisses her passionately and lets her cry out all of her fears, knowing that as long as the two of them are together and their baby boy is okay, nothing else matters.